In an interview with As-Safir newspaper, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's political advisor Buthaina Shaaban said the outcome of Assad’s visit to Beirut on Friday depends on the results of his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz in Damascus on Thursday.
Both King Abdullah and Assad are expected in Beirut on Friday along with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.
The visits are widely seen as an attempt to ease tensions after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said last week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will name Hezbollah members in its pending indictment into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, sparking fears a new sectarian conflict will break out.
Shaaban said details of the Lebanese-Saudi-Syrian summit will be firmed up on Thursday.
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